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Brown Sugar

2002-10-05 · 109 min · ★ 6.7

Romance · Comedy

Sidney and Dre can attribute their lifelong friendship and the launch of their careers to one single childhood instant... witnessing the birth of hip-hop on a New York street corner. Now some 15 years later, she is a revered music critic at a national magazine and he is a successful, though unfulfilled, hip-hop record company executive. Both come to realize that their true life passions will only be fulfilled by remembering what they learned that day on the corner.

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Directors
Rick Famuyiwa
Production companies
Fox Searchlight Pictures, Evergreen Productions, Heller Highwater Productions, Magic Johnson Entertainment, 20th Century Fox
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released
Budget
USD 8,000,000
Revenue
USD 27,362,712

Top Cast

Sanaa LathanSanaa LathanSidney 'Sid' Shaw
Taye DiggsTaye DiggsAndre Romulus 'Dre' Ellis
Yasiin BeyYasiin BeyChris Anton 'Cav' Vichon
Nicole Ari ParkerNicole Ari ParkerReese Marie Wiggam Ellis
Boris KodjoeBoris KodjoeKelby Dawson
Queen LatifahQueen LatifahFrancine
Wendell PierceWendell PierceSimon
Erik WeinerErik WeinerRen
Reggi WynsTen
Melissa MartínezMeghan
Aaliyyah HillYoung Sidney
Marc John JefferiesMarc John JefferiesYoung Dre
Angie MartinezAngie MartinezSelf (Radio DJ)
Rosalyn ColemanRosalyn ColemanTrish Hofmann
Keith TisdellRichard Lawson
Venida EvansVenida EvansOlder Woman
Breece WilsonWoman
Brette TaylorBrette TaylorWoman 2
Donna DuPlantierDonna DuPlantierWoman 3
Robin T. KirkseyBartender 1

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